A. Education

B. Academic Titles

C. Work Experience

D. Administrative Positions

E. Publications

1. Publications listed under Web of Science (SSCI veya SCI-Expanded)

a. Kara, Mehtap. 2022. Turkish-American Strategic Partnership: Is Turkey Still a Faithful Ally? Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 1-21. (SSCI) https://doi.org/10.1080/14683857.2022.2088081

b. Kara Mehtap. 2022. Linking Turkey’s domestic politics and foreign policy: the justice and development party’s political strategies and their divergent foreign policy effects. Turkish Studies, 1-25. (SSCI) https://doi.org/10.1080/14683849.2022.2060082

c. Kara, Mehtap, and Ahmet Sözen. 2016. Change and Continuity in Turkish Foreign Policy: Evaluating Pre-AKP and AKP Periods’ National Role Conceptions. Uluslararası Iliskiler-International Relations, Vol.13, No. 52, pp. 47-66. (SSCI) https://doi.org/10.33458/uidergisi.463083

2. Conference Publications

 a. “Soft Power in South Korean Foreign Policy”. Paper presented at ISA Interdisciplinary Studies Section (IDSS) & Korean Association of International Studies (KAIS) Conference (Seoul, South Korea), July 2019.

b. “Securitization of Turkish Foreign Policy in Syria: Shift from Soft Power to Smart Power”. Paper presented at the International Studies Association Conference (Toronto, Canada), March 2019.

c. “Turkish-American Strategic Partnership: Is Turkey Still a Faithful Ally?”. Paper presented at the International Studies Association Conference (Toronto, Canada), March 2019.

d. “Principles, Rules, Norms and Decision-Making: Turkey’s Role in the Middle East Conflict”, (with Aylin G. Gürzel Aka) Paper presented at the International Studies Association Conference (San Francisco, USA), April 2018.

e. “Can Turkey Play a Significant Role and Evade a ‘New Cold War’?” (with Aylin G. Gürzel Aka) Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) annual convention (New York, USA), May 2017.

f. “Role of Think Tanks in Foreign Policy Formation: Case of Turkey” Paper presented at the International Studies Association Conference (New Orleans, USA), 2015.

g. “The “Paradigm Shift” Debate in Turkish Foreign Policy: Evolution of Davutoğlu’s Discursive Formation on Foreign Policy Principles” (with Ahmet Sözen) Paper presented at the International Studies Association Conference (New Orleans, USA), 2015.

h. “Normative Power Europe: The EU’s Engagement in Conflict Resolution in the Mediterranean,” Paper presented at the International Studies Association Conference (Toronto, Canada), 2014.

j.“The EU’s Engagement in Conflict Resolution beyond Its Borders: In Neighborhood, Mediterranean, and African Regions,” Paper presented at the International Studies Association Conference (San Francisco, USA), 2013.

k. “Turkish Foreign Policy towards the Syrian Conflict and Its Possible Implications for Turkish-Iranian Relations,” Paper presented at the Conference on International Relations, Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey), 2013.

l. “Turkey’s Involvement in Democratization Process in the Middle East and North Africa,” Paper presented at the 10th International Conference under common title “The Arab Uprisings: Causes and Consequences” (Famagusta, TRNC), 2011.

3. Other Publications

Book Chapters:

a. Kara, Mehtap (2019). Turkish Foreign Policy between 2007-2017: The Strategic Depth. In Turkish Foreign Policy I: History and Strategy, T.C. Anadolu University Publication.

b. Ibryamova, Nuray, and Mehtap Kara (2017). Russia and Turkey: Power, Individuals, and Identities in the Syrian Conflict. In The Russian Challenge to the European Security Environment, Roger Kanet (Eds), pp 235-257, Palgrave Macmillan.

F. Research Topics

Assist. Prof. Dr. Mehtap Kara’s research agenda focuses on the following research subjects:

1. Foreign Policy Analysis and Security Studies. My research focuses on foreign policy analysis and security issues include Turkish foreign policy, American foreign policy, national security, international security, and great power politics.
2. Theories of International Relations. Research topics include use of a wide range of IR theories to understand states/dominant actors’ behaviours, and key debates in IR.
3. New Media and Politics. Research topics include innovative methods to studying international relations, new media and political participation, and investigating correlation between popular culture, social media, and politics.